The art of insight in science and engineering : mastering complexity / Sanjoy Mahajan.
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TextPublication details: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, (c)2014.Description: 1 electronic resource (xvi, 389 pages )Content type: - text
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- 9781322394923
- 9780262325240
- QC174 .A786 2014
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Includes bibliographies and index.
Brief Contents; Preface; Values for Backs of Envelopes; Part I: Organizing Complexity; 1 Divide and conquer; 2 Abstraction; Part II: Discarding Complexity Without Losing Information; 3 Symmetry and Conservation; 4 Proportional Reasoning; 5 Dimensions; Part III: Discarding Complexity with Loss of Information; 6 Lumping; 7 Probabilistic Reasoning; 8 Easy Cases; 9 Spring Models; Bon Voyage: Long-Lasting Learning; Bibliography; Index; Contents; Preface; Values for Backs of Envelopes; Part I: Organizing Complexity; Divide and Conquer; 2 Abstraction.
Part II: Discarding Complexity Without Losing Information3 Symmetry and Conservation; 4 Proportional Reasoning; 5 Dimensions; Part III: Discarding Complexity with Loss of Information; 6 Lumping; 7 Probabilistic Reasoning; 8 Easy Cases; 9 Spring Models; Bon Voyage: Long-lasting Learning; Bibliography; Index.
Tools to make hard problems easier to solve.
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